Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

Retired Airplane Product Development Engineer Gary Reysa has compiled the most comprehensive do-it-yourself solar website online. His non-commercial website, Build It Solar, contains plans, photos and links to over 500 DIY solar and renewable energy projects. “While trying to find good solar heating ideas for my house, I noted that there is not much [...]

System could be paired with renewable energy sources to better align power supply with power demand.

Kyoto program lets investors earn credits for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in developing countries.

£39 million acquisition could strengthen French energy provider in Latin America and carbon credit market.

A group of 58 MIT students, alumni and staff recently returned from a five-day trip to Abu Dhabi to study the practical application of technology for renewable energy solutions.The trip was part of Terrascope, a yearlong program for first-year students that begins each fall with a mission to solve an “unsolvable” or very complex problem. The students spend the fall semester designing a viable solution and then travel during spring break to a location related to the complex problem where they experience the reality of the solutions they have proposed.This year’s mission is the global problem of rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. During the fall, the class explored ways to reduce global output, as well as methods for carbon capture and sequestration. They developed...

THE search for sustainable energy has never been stronger as climate change concerns drive government, scientists, business and environmentalists around the world in a headlong charge for affordable new technologies.